1653 deaths

Lorrain painter (1593–1652)

Dutch admiral (1598-1653)

French librarian, 1600–1653

English writer

Duke of Jülich and Berg

French newspaper publisher and historian

Venetian writer

Dutch painter (1601-1653)

Flemish painter (1586–1653)

Italian opera composer

French classical scholar, writer and professor in Leiden (1588-1653)

Dutch linguist (1612–1653)

Spanish nun and intellectual child prodigy (1594-1653)

German poet

Choros-Oirat prince

German prince (1575-1653)

Duchess consort of Pomerania

Count of Nassau-Hadamar (1590-1653)

Portuguese prince (1634-1653)

Catholic cardinal

Italian artist (1601-1653)

Dutch Governor-General of the VOC (1604-1653)

Duchess suo jure of Cieszyn (1599-1653)

Italian historian

Spanish noble (1599-1653)

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

French writer

Catholic cardinal, archbishop and abbot

Polish noble

Japanese poet

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

Italian writer and philosopher

Belgian theologian

Portuguese Royal (1635-1653)

Dutch admiral

English poet (1578-1653)

Swedish military personnel (1616-1653)

Catholic cardinal (1579-1653)

Spanish religious and political figure

(1629-1653)

Ukrainian Cossack

Polish nobleman

(1596-1653)

Polish-Lithuanian politician (1586-1654)

was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat from the Azuchi–Momoyama period to the early Edo period. She is the daughter and only child of Tamura Kiyoaki, the lord of Miharu Castle, and Okita, daughter of Sōma Akitane. She was also the wife of Date Masamune. She was also known as Lady Tamura (田村御前). After fulfilling her pravrajya, her posthumous Buddhist name was Yōtokuin (陽徳院).

Irish nobleman, a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641

English diplomat

Catholic cardinal and art collector (1581-1653)

German doctor and botanist (1572-1653)

shahzadi of Mughal Empire

thumb|upright=1.1|The cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the Pilgrim|Pilgrims Samoset (also Somerset, – ) was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621, by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying "Welcome, Englishmen."

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576-1653)

Dutch mathematician

Swiss revolutionary leader (1611-1653)

Polish Catholic theologian, writer and mystic (1574–1653)

Polish historian

17th-century Safavid official and military commander

Hungarian politician (c.1590–1653)

English dramatist

Viceroy of Naples